Total votes
3,748
all sessions
Attendance
0%
1,951 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 90% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,945
bills & resolutions
Higher than 83% of chamber peers
Committees
3
assignments
3,748 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
3,650
voted in favor
Nay
44
voted against
Absent
1,951
missed votes
Total cast
3,748
across all sessions
Crossed party
9
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 543
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY REGISTRATION ACT (Provides for the registration and oversight of appraisal management companies operating in this state.)
Yea
Passed
28–0
May 10, 2017
SB 333
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - RHODE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE ACT (Amends several sections of the general laws pertaining to the calculation of impact fees by municipalities in the state by requiring that needs assessments of the fees be conducted every 5 years with certain exceptions.)
Yea
Passed
31–0
May 9, 2017
SB 381
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Excludes weekends and state holidays from the calculation of the forty-eight (48) hour public notice requirement, and requires all public bodies to keep minutes of open meetings and file their minutes with the secretary of state.)
Other
Passed
28–0
May 4, 2017
SB 749
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DIVISION OF FIRE SAFETY (Bars adjusters and contractors from premises under investigation by the fire marshal until premises are released, and provides penalties for violation.)
Other
Passed
28–0
May 4, 2017
SB 753
AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF COVENTRY (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Coventry, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Coventry on November 8, 2016.)
Other
Passed
28–0
May 4, 2017
SB 218
AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Increases from three (3) to six (6) years the interval of time within which a city or town must conduct an update of its last real property revaluation.)
Other
Passed
28–0
May 4, 2017
SB 108
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESILIENT RHODE ISLAND ACT OF 2014 - CLIMATE CHANGE COORDINATING COUNCIL (Directs the climate change coordinating council to study a carbon pricing program.)
Other
Passed
28–0
May 4, 2017
SB 673
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- STATE CRIME LABORATORY (Changes the director and other positions at the state crime laboratory from board of governors' appointments to employees of the council on postsecondary education.)
Other
Passed
28–0
May 4, 2017
SB 383
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - VISITATION RIGHTS (Establishes guidelines for the family court to use to decide petitions for visitation by grandparents based on a best interest of the grandchild standard.)
Other
Passed
28–0
May 4, 2017
SB 108
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESILIENT RHODE ISLAND ACT OF 2014 - CLIMATE CHANGE COORDINATING COUNCIL (Directs the climate change coordinating council to study a carbon pricing program.)
Other
Passed
28–0
May 4, 2017
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